sammabe

oh gah, those hammer gels are NASTY. The best gel's are gu, and the best flavor is chocolate, it tastes like warm icing...omg so good.

Bars = Chocolate brownie cliff bars...pick'em up @ your local walmart. Stay away from the cherry flavors.

joe_5700

+1 on the generic Nutri-grain bars. I have recently substituted my cookies and candy bars for those and fig netwons.

MajorMantra

Are recumbent energy bars more aero?

Matthew

joe_5700

I agree that the chocolate brownie clif bars are awesome, but they look kind of nasty.

sammabe

Yeah, they look like they have already been ate.

celticfrost

You can go with the White Chocolate Macadamia or the Peanut Toffee Buzz for a less digested look and better taste (IMO).

botto 

fig newtons rock. the 'natural' ones you get at korean groceries in NYC ROCK.

DanielLC

Cosco offers a good selection to choose from.

Cycho

Primary: Clif Bars bought from my local supermarket for a buck.

Secondary: if I'm riding and feel like I'm bonking, peanut butter Powerbar from the convenience store.

Plus a banana.

pmt

No food unless the ride is longer than 100k, then Perpetuem and Hammer Gel. For example, last week I did a 200k permanent with a group, and consumed a total of 560 calories on the ride. Felt great the whole time.

Of course I had a solid breakfast three hours prior, and then had Recoverite immediately after.

jesspal

I stick to HEED and Hammer Gel. I prefer to eat a Cliff bars before I ride, carrot cake, blueberry crisp, oatmeal raisin, or cherry almond. I really don't like any that have chocolate chips in them, they give me heartburn.

n8tron

clif bars.. the chocolate chip flavor mostly... only "sports" bar I've ever thought didn't taste pretty awful.

cshell

Flatballer

Odwalla Super Protein bars. They're cheap, and I like them.

I also do PB&J on long rides. Also bananas, sometimes some Nutella on bread. You just keep it in it's plastic sandwich bag, and don't touch it. Just eat it out of there. Then one wetted paper towel (wet before the ride, put in a seperate baggy), for your mouth area.

The wetted paper towel trick is nice for getting the salt off your face too, and keeping it out of your eyes.

H1449-6

<90 cents each at Costco; make most other nutrition bars taste like sawdust.

Flash

Honey Stinger protein bars. Peanut butter or dark chocolate almond. Great taste, almost 400 calories per bar. Very dense, a little goes a long way. They do tend to melt in the jersey pocket, but I manage. I get them whenever REI has a sale.

cheers

Homebrew01

Haven't been to NYC in a while I'll check local asain stores.

A defunct local store used to sell Erewhon Whole Wheat fig bars ... they were awesome

urbanknight

Since I only take them on the really long rides, I cut them in half (rectangles) and put them in a Bento Box since my pockets and seatbag are already full with the usual shorter ride stuff. My biggest issue with Powerbars is that it becomes difficult to open when it's that mushy, then I end up with half of the bar stuck to the wrapper and I have to scrape it off with my teeth.


#1 worst food for asthmatics, so I generally don't eat them during a ride. A raw potato is supposed to be better, but I can't get myself to eat it that way. For my next trick, I'm going to try cut up broccoli in a baggie... more potassium per serving than a banana or a potato.

AP1EKWAN

I've been using Payday candy bars - peanuts, caramel, and whatever is in the center for long rides.
No chocolate n tastes good.

Sometimes on sale at supermarkets, like 3 for a $1 or something.

Harun

while we're on the subject of ride food: has anybody seen the new Clif Bar flavor, White Chocolate Madamia Nut, in stores yet?

kayakdiver

clif

JoelS

I was eating Clif bars. But recently discovered Bonk Breaker bars. Those digest a lot easier for me and I seem to get more energy out of them.

umd

cjump

this is one reason i love the holidays:
clif bar iced gingerbread

thump55

My favorite.